729 The biggest failure

Although many media were hyping Real Madrid's goalkeeper storm with interest, exaggerating the conflict between Yang Cheng and Casillas, especially Casillas sat on the bench in the league against La Coruña and Mallorca's cup, which was interpreted by the media as Yang Cheng's warning to Casillas. The latest chapter of the church

"Be careful of your main position, captain!"

Some newspapers even cooperated with a photo of Yang Cheng during the command training, with such a narration, and next to it was a cute picture of Casillas's aggrieved appearance, which really caused quite a lot of controversy.

After all, it is really unacceptable to put the main goalkeeper and captain of the Spanish national team on the bench and instead appoint an unfamous Antonio Adan.

But in Real Madrid's away challenge to Numancia, Casillas' name appeared again in Real Madrid's starting lineup. He still qualified for the starting lineup. At the same time, he also wore Real Madrid's captain's armband to participate in the pre-match guessing side.

For the unknown small town Soria, the arrival of Real Madrid is undoubtedly a celebration festival in this small town. The home court of Numancia, which has less than 10,000 people, is full, but it is obvious that more fans are not visiting the home team, but visiting Real Madrid.

Goalkeeper Casillas, with Marcelo, Thiago Silva, Ramos and Macon, both midfielders are Xavi Alonso and Delarede, and the forwards are Ronaldo, Kaka and David Silva, and Villa are single forwards.

This star-studded starting lineup caused a huge response at Numancia's home court.

Yes, they admire Real Madrid's stars, but the slogan they shouted was, "Kill them, Numancia!"

"It's like killing Barcelona, ​​killing Real Madrid!!"

It is obvious that the upset defeat of Barcelona at home in the first round of the league 1-0 made Numancia fans hope to see a bad game again, because everyone has a Robin Hood complex that can rob the rich and help the poor. Of course, they all hope to rob Real Madrid and save Numancia.

The home team also started a fierce battle against Real Madrid at the beginning of the game, just as if they were restraining Barcelona. Numancia's home conditions were really bad, and coupled with the home team's crazy pressing, Real Madrid seemed a little passive at the beginning.

The first shot appeared in the 5th minute. Numancia made a counterattack after intercepting the ball from the side, and hurled the ball into the penalty area from the left. Casillas abandoned the goal and took the ball out of the air before the opponent's forward.

"Put it up, I'll press it up!" Casillas turned against his past habit of keeping his head at the goal and began to become more proactive.

All the players pressed forward, and Casillas also used his big foot to transfer the ball to Numancia's half. Since then, Numancia rarely threatened Real Madrid's goal, but Casillas did not have any chance to play.

He stood at the last level of the defense line. From a certain perspective, he was the person with the broadest vision in the team, so he could always clearly see where the opponent's ball path came from, who was ready to respond in which loophole, and then by commanding his teammates to fill these loopholes and block the opponent's attack.

"Sergio, the one at 2 o'clock, kill him!"

"Marcelo, Macon is up, come back a little!"

"Thiago, good job, beautiful defense!"

In addition to commanding and giving encouragement and affirmation to his teammates, he also showed great excitement when the team scored goals, almost hugging Thiago Silva and celebrating in the penalty area.

So much so that after Real Madrid finally beat Numancia 4-0, when the media scored Real Madrid players, Casillas got a high score that was inconsistent with his performance.

"From the past point of view, a goalkeeper scored a high score often represents the downturn in the defense line, and indirectly illustrates the team's defensive system. However, in this game, Casillas, who has regained the main position, proves that a goalkeeper can do more than just play a role in front of the goal."

"From the goalkeeper's perspective, his performance is limited by the overall strength of the team and the perfect control of the situation, but as a captain and a player, his contribution has made him get high scores, which is undisputed!"

After the game, Yang Cheng also praised Casillas' performance, believing that Casillas had returned to the king after adjustments. He also believed that Saint Casillas' performance would become better and better.

However, Yang Cheng also considered one thing, that is, the better Casillas performed, the less chance Antonio Adam had, which was absolutely not much benefit for a young goalkeeper.

It's a headache. If Antonio Adam is sent away, Real Madrid's substitute goalkeeper will be a big problem. If he doesn't let him go, he won't get enough training for the game, which is equivalent to wasting a goalkeeper with great potential.

Real Madrid has always taken great care of the same-city team Getafe. Getafe is also known as Real Madrid's second team, because many of the chairman and management of this Getafe are loyal members of Real Madrid. With their good relationship with Real Madrid, they can always find treasures in the youth training camp and are known as Real Madrid's youth training processing factory.

Now with Abangdan Xieri getting older, Getafe's main goalkeeper position has ushered in a blank period. I saw Antonio Adam perform very well recently and is very interested in introducing this goalkeeper, but Yang Cheng decided to temporarily suppress it and wait until the end of the season before making a decision.

Sometimes, finding a substitute is more troublesome than finding a main player, because if the players introduced are not strong enough to bring enough competitive pressure to Casillas, it will not be of much use. But if the strength is too strong, how can they come to Real Madrid to sit on the bench and play a substitute for Casillas?

After all, it is a very tangled issue!

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On February 4, Real Madrid ushered in Sevilla's first leg of the Copa del Rey semi-finals at home.

The two games in a row made Real Madrid feel the pressure, and the injuries of four players including Mascherano and Granero all had a certain impact on Real Madrid. In the end, the team defeated the visiting Sevilla 2:1 at the Bernabeu. The latest chapter of the Church

Antonio Adan, who performed well in many consecutive games, was finally inevitably broken through this game, but his outstanding performance in recent times has left a deep impression on the fans. Yang Cheng will also give him more opportunities to help him exercise and improve in the future.

Back in the league, Real Madrid welcomed Atlético Santander at home. Faced with this defensive counterattack team whose defense this season is second only to Real Madrid and Barcelona, ​​Real Madrid finally lost points, 1:1, Real Madrid tied Atlético Santander at home.

This team brought a lot of trouble to Barcelona in the last round. If it weren't for the lucky goal at the last critical moment, Barcelona would have been difficult for them to escape from the away game. Now they continue to maintain the tenacity and pressing tactics of the Northern team, and took advantage of Real Madrid's physical and mental fatigue, which did have a good effect.

With a draw, the lead was reduced to 2 points, and Real Madrid is still the leader in the league.

Yang Cheng was mentally prepared for this situation. From the winter break to the present, a series of one-week doubles and the schedule of the Cup of Rey made it difficult for Real Madrid to compete with Santander in terms of physical fitness, and it is not easy to hold on until now.

The media in the Catalan region have begun a new round of hype, believing that Barcelona has the opportunity to reverse Real Madrid and encourage Barcelona to continue their efforts. However, Yang Cheng is not interested in these reports. He is more concerned about whether his team can adjust their physical fitness and condition.

After a week of rest, Real Madrid visited Sporting Gijon's Grand Mill Stadium. With the goals of Aguero, Ronaldo, Marcelo, Kaka and Ramos, they defeated Sporting Gijon 5-0 away. Moreover, these five goals were all from 5 players, which is quite amazing and proves that the previous promotion and hype about the media has no impact on Real Madrid.

On the contrary, Barcelona, ​​in the away game to challenge Real Betis, Guardiola conducted a considerable rotation, with Messi, Henry and other players sitting on the bench. Keita, Heleb, Caceres and others who returned from the African Cup all started, but in the end they were behind 0:2 in the first half.

At the critical moment, Messi and Boyan played, helping Barcelona score two goals in a row, and finally scored a valuable 1 point 2:2 away.

If it was Real Madrid who made a mistake in the last round, and Barcelona survived the intensive schedule after the winter break and successfully shortened the gap with Real Madrid, then in just one round, Barcelona's own mistake once again widened the gap between itself and Real Madrid to 4 points.

Currently, Real Madrid and Barcelona are both the only ones with a huge lead. Moreover, the number of goals scored by these two teams is constantly increasing, and there are many games with big scores. Therefore, the outside world generally believes that only Barcelona can shake the foundation of Real Madrid's championship.

Real Madrid has maintained an impressive record of 23 rounds in La Liga this season. If it weren't for a Barcelona team following him, according to the usual environment, they would have already led the score long ago and could even announce that they would have won the championship ahead of schedule. But now Barcelona is so chasing so tightly that the difference between the two teams is only 4 points, and the outcome is unpredictable.

But it is foreseeable that no matter who wins the championship, he is destined to be the most tragic runner-up in La Liga history!

On February 22, Real Madrid welcomed Real Betis at home.

After a week of rest and to better prepare for the Champions League against Lyon in the middle of the week, Real Madrid made a crazy round of attacks in the first half, almost knocking Real Betis out of nowhere to escape.

Just 4 minutes into the game, David Silva got rid of the defensive player after receiving the ball at the front of the penalty area and passed through the penalty area. Villa caught up and scored in one go, helping Real Madrid to score the first record.

But after just less than 10 minutes, Real Betis, who began to focus on defense, was once again broken by Real Madrid. This time, Ronaldo broke through on the right and cooperated with Kaka. The Brazilian made a wonderful pass from Ronaldo to complete a very exciting shot in the penalty area, rewriting the score to 2:0 for Real Madrid!

In the 19th minute, Ronaldo entered the penalty area again and received a goal after Villa's pass, helping Real Madrid expand the score again.

Seeing Real Madrid go crazy, Real Betis was not polite and directly pushed out and played. Oliveira scored 1 goal for Real Betis in the 31st minute, 3:1.

But less than 4 minutes later, Real Madrid scored two goals in the 35th and 41st minutes respectively, rewriting the score to 5:1. In the last moment of the first half, Real Madrid was made by Thiago Silva, and found David Villa. The Spanish forward got the ball and then entered the penalty area. After getting the ball, he got the goalkeeper and pushed the ball and scored 6:1!

He scored 6 goals in the first half, Real Madrid's powerful attack power was amazing, and Yang Cheng was not polite at all. During the final break, he replaced three players in a row to retain his strength for the mid-week Champions League match.

Real Betis, who was crippled by Real Madrid, completely lost his fighting spirit and victory. In the end, he could only accept the 6:1 defeat and left the Bernabeu Stadium in shame.

In another game completed at the same time as Real Madrid, Barcelona lost 1:2 to the city's rival Espanyol in his home court. Barcelona's former player De La Pena completely defeated Barcelona with two goals in this game, and Yaya Toure, who came on the bench, scored a goal to regain his face at the last moment.

In this way, Real Madrid's lead over Barcelona has expanded to 7 points, which immediately made all Barcelona fans angry, believing that Guardiola's appearance and the team's heavy money signing did not bring substantial changes to Barcelona at all. On the contrary, the gap between Barcelona and Real Madrid is still so obvious.

"Where did the team go when we brought in Ibrahimovic most?"

"Why are players such as Heleb, Caseres, Keita and others performing so well in other teams, but when they come to Barcelona, ​​they suddenly become completely unable to play football?"

"This is no longer just a problem with players and head coaches. Barcelona's problem is now the team. From top to bottom, we must find the root of the problem and solve it. Otherwise, we will not be able to reverse Real Madrid!"

On the second day after losing the derby, Barcelona's mouthpiece World Sports published a poll, which was a survey on the satisfaction of fans of several major operations in Barcelona last summer. Among them, the attitude of Barcelona fans to give up Mourinho and choose Guardiola was both love and hate.

They don’t like Mourinho, which is undisputed, but the problem is that Guardiola is so cheating!

This can be seen from the second option.

After Etoo's goal number at Manchester City has risen steadily and performed better and better. However, in contrast, Ibrahimovic has received more and more criticisms and debates in Barcelona. 90% of Barcelona fans believe that letting Etoo is a ignorant and short-sighted operation of Barcelona's management.

"We gave the best shooter to others, but we left the worst one!"

If Barcelona fans are directed at Laporta on the issue of Etoo and did not hold Guardiola responsible, then 95% of Barcelona fans believe that Ibrahimovic is the biggest failure in Barcelona's history and the largest parallel in Barcelona's history.

Among them, in the polls, the options for not wanting to continue to see the Swedes next season are as high as 70%.

"We have Messi, Henry, Boyan, we don't need Ibrahimovic!"

This almost represents the voice of Barcelona fans, and also makes Ibrahimovic's situation in Barcelona worse and worse.

The top annual salary, top transfer fees, and top treatment, but the top football cannot bring top football. This is Ibrahimovic's embarrassment.

Among Barcelona fans, Ibrahimovic is generally attributed to the fact that Guardiola lacks experience. He believes that Guardiola is too blind and confident, which leads him to let go of Etoo, who was originally more in line with the club's tactics, and introduced Ibrahimovic who could not adapt to Barcelona's tactics. After all, the gap is not just Ibrahimovic's amazing sky-high price.

"At the beginning of the season, many people said that Ibrahimovic should be given trust, because Zidane switched from Juventus to Real Madrid, and also experienced about half a year of adaptation, so Ibrahimovic had to give it more time. However, more than half a year has passed, and most of the season has gone through, but we still don't see any signs of Ibrahimovic integrating into Barcelona's tactical system."

"In contrast, Real Madrid, we can see that every transfer they have very high tactical intentions. Whether it is Kaka or Ronaldo, the superstars they have introduced are players who can bring huge improvements to the team's local position and overall strength, which will greatly improve the team's overall strength."

"Look at Real Madrid and then Barcelona. It's time for us to make rectifications. We must improve the status quo. We must find out where our problem lies. Otherwise, if we continue like this, we will still not be able to catch up with Real Madrid. We will always be able to follow Real Madrid!"

There is no doubt that whenever Barcelona has problems, Rossell will stand up.

This manager who brought superstars such as Ronaldinho and Etoo, appeared at this time, undoubtedly catered to the desire of all Barcelona fans. They hoped that there would be someone to lead Barcelona, ​​not only to make some achievements in the superstar market, but also to gain something in the football field, preferably like Ronaldinho and Etoo's dream second team during the period.

Rosel also severely rebuked Laporta's strategy of taking charge, believing that he was kidnapped by Cruyff, and chose an inexperienced head coach like Guardiola to take charge of Barcelona. "This is the stupidest decision in Barcelona's history!"

Faced with the forced palace from the opponents and the protests from Barcelona fans, Laporta chose to stand up. He said that he would never quit voluntarily because it was a cowardly behavior. He would formulate a team reform plan in the shortest time and continue to strengthen the team's combat effectiveness starting next season.

"I don't think we've lost this season. We're just 7 points behind in the league. There's still a chance, and we still have the Champions League to compete for, and we're not going to give up early."

But Chelsea's head coach Mourinho said coldly in an interview with the media, "From today, Stamford Bridge will become a nightmare for Barcelona!"
Chapter completed!